Tests - Spin Bowlers With Most Wickets

Top 50 Spin Bowlers With Most Wickets In Tests

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All Test Stats on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05.

CONTENTS
1. TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH MOST WICKETS IN TEST CRICKET
2. BRIEF EXPLANATION
2.1. Dynamic Nature
2.2. Top Teams (TT)
2.3. Abbreviations

TOP 50 SPINNERS WITH MOST WICKETS IN TEST CRICKET

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS RUNS BALLS WKTS
1 M Muralitharan SL 230 18180 44039 800
2 SK Warne AUS 273 17995 40704 708
3 A Kumble IND 236 18355 40852 619
4 NM Lyon AUS 262 17099 34832 567
5 R Ashwin IND 200 12891 27241 537
6 HMRKB Herath SL 170 12157 25993 433
7 Harbhajan Singh IND 190 13537 28580 417
8 DL Vettori NZ 187 12441 28814 362
9 RA Jadeja IND 167 8741 20241 348
10 LR Gibbs WI 148 8989 27115 309
11 DL Underwood ENG 151 7674 21862 297
12 BS Bedi IND 118 7637 21364 266
13 Danish Kaneria PAK 112 9082 17697 261
14 GP Swann ENG 109 7642 15349 255
15 Taijul Islam BAN 102 7765 15310 250
16 R Benaud AUS 116 6704 19108 248
17 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 121 7804 15675 246
18 Yasir Shah PAK 89 7657 14255 244
19 BS Chandrasekhar IND 97 7199 15963 242
20 Abdul Qadir PAK 111 7742 17126 236
21 KA Maharaj SA 106 6370 12308 218
22 Mehedi Hasan Miraz BAN 98 6820 13164 210
23 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 86 6206 14070 208
23 SCG MacGill AUS 85 6038 11237 208
25 MM Ali ENG 119 7612 12610 204
26 EAS Prasanna IND 86 5742 14353 189
27 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 89 6100 12532 185
28 Saeed Ajmal PAK 67 5003 11592 178
29 GAR Lock ENG 88 4451 13147 174
30 Iqbal Qasim PAK 86 4807 13019 171
31 MS Panesar ENG 85 5797 12475 167
32 MDK Perera SL 78 5780 10805 161
33 S Ramadhin WI 76 4579 13939 158
34 S Venkataraghavan IND 96 5634 14877 156
35 FJ Titmus ENG 90 4931 15118 153
36 RJ Shastri IND 125 6185 15751 151
37 SP Gupte IND 61 4403 11284 149
38 JE Emburey ENG 103 5646 15391 147
39 AF Giles ENG 88 5806 12180 143
40 MJ Leach ENG 67 4838 9402 142
41 AL Valentine WI 63 4215 12953 139
42 PR Adams SA 76 4405 8850 134
43 AA Mallett AUS 71 3940 9990 132
44 B Yardley AUS 58 3986 8909 126
45 Intikhab Alam PAK 78 4494 10474 125
45 PH Edmonds ENG 84 4273 12028 125
47 R Illingworth ENG 100 3807 11934 122
47 NGRP Jayasuriya SL 41 3828 7163 122
49 PCR Tufnell ENG 70 4560 11288 121
50 D Bishoo WI 59 4350 8067 117

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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